Fertility Preservation and Reproductive Late Effects Clinical Corner

Welcome to the Fertility Preservation and Reproductive Late Effects Clinical Corner

In this section we hope to share with colleagues some takeaways from cases that the CU Fertility Preservation team has found to be clinically significant, based on our observations and the outcomes of our patients. All the information below has been deidentified – please feel free to contact us with any questions or for further information.


Transabdominal egg retrieval for patients with inaccessible ovaries

In this case we review the case of a female patient who desires future fertility. The patient in her late 20’s presents to Fertility Preservation Clinic with Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer of the Left Breast. The cancer type is Stage 1a, ER/PR+, Grade 2 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma...

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Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation after initiation of chemotherapy

A female in her late teens with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) was consulted on as an Inpatient for Fertility Preservation prior to chemotherapy initiation. Treatment start was urgent. Unable to offer egg freezing due to urgent treatment initiation...

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